It can often feel like we're always trending towards silent acceptance of our given circumstances. We may let an icy aloofness creep over us, trapping our words in our mouths and our feelings in our throat. These moments where everyone is frozen may be without conflict, but those unspoken feelings still exist, wrapped around us—suffocating us slowly. Then, the cold seeps deeper and deeper into our subconscious until our every interaction is just a painful reminder of what hasn’t been said. Why do we let ourselves succumb to the ice?

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So much of our lives is a psychological battle with ourselves. It’s only human to be beat down by life, to be trapped by the ice. Yet, never should we forget about our agency to change things for the better; the world in which we live is only as cold as we make it.